Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (Ohio Revised Code: Title 15 Conservation of Natural Resources; Chapter 1522) Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision Ohio Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Institution Subsidy/incentive Procedural matters Freshwater resources management Basin/catchment/watershed Authorization/permit Policy/planning Water abstraction Water conservation zone Inland waters Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Chapter of the Ohio Revised Code adopts the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact entered into among the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Among others, the Compact provides for the governor as state administrator of the Compact; implementation and enforcement of compact; legislative authorization for vote on standard of review; organization and operation of water resources council; incorporation of water into product as consumptive use; private property rights not abrogated by compact; references to source watershed or the Lake Erie source watershed; permit for new or increased diversion of water our of Lake Erie Watershed; program for issuance of withdrawal and consumptive use permits; issuance of withdrawal and consumptive use permit and the associated requirements; experimental use permits; facilities exempt from permit requirements; and submission of facility water conservation plan. Full text English Website codes.ohio.gov